The protest, organised by Across Victoria Alliance, brought around 300 CFA volunteers, farmers, One Nation and National party supporters, and a variety of renewable energy opponents into Melbourne on the sunny Friday morning.
Speakers, mainly men standing inside a large delivery truck, used Trumpian language to play up city-country divisions and went hard on militaristic calls for a war on transmission lines, renewable energy and data centres.
I’m disappointed that so many farmers and CFA (Country Fire Authority volunteers) who are going the be the most affected by climate change fronting this anti-renewables rally.
Energy that reduces pollution and costs a fraction of fossil fuels? Not on my watch!
The article doesn’t really explain their points
Because they haven’t got any real points besides fellating fossil fuel executives so they can taste the taint sweat.
They have all grazed on the Astroturf of the fossil fuel companies advertising departments
There’s nothing wrong with hating AI DCs.
These advertising campaigns have been around a lot longer than Data Centres.
All the FUD about Windfarms killing birds and windmills being made of non-recyclable materials has been peddled for decades. All the falsehoods about solar farm panels creating wastelands, that High Tension Powerlines Pylons are any eyesore (we all know they are a “Tribute to man’s ability to make electricity”😏) are fever dreams of a Fossil Fuel companies marketing departments.
The latest campaign is that Grid batteries are going to explode! If you drive out to Morwell, you will see the faux-hand-drawn signage inferring that a new Samsung battery development will actually be constructed from Galaxy Note Sevens.
